AIR CARGO ADVANCE SCREENING

On October 28, 2010, the global counter-terrorism community disrupted a potential attack when individuals with ties to the Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen attempted to conceal and ship explosive devices in cargo on board aircraft ultimately destined for the United States.

BACKGROUND

On November 3, 2010, CBP and TSA began meeting with various trade partners in a thoughtful and deliberate approach to better understand individual business practices and to collectively develop a mechanism to collect advance cargo data as soon as possible in the supply chain as a security filing type

CBP-TSA COLLABORATION

OBJECTIVE:Receive pre-lading cargo data to identify/address security concerns in the air and mail environment

SCOPE:Global

TARGETING:Joint targeting performed by CBP and TSA at the National Targeting Center-Cargo

PILOT OVERVIEW

CURRENT STATUS

Morocco

Algeria

Tunisia

LibyaEgypt

Sudan Eritrea

Ethiopia

Djbouti

Somalia

Yemen

Kenya

Saudi ArabiaOman

UAEPakistan

AfghanistanIran

IraqSyria

France

Turkey

Senegal

Indonesia

India

CBP is currently receiving ACAS data

from over 70 countries/regions

Russia

Bangladesh

Currently Transmitting Imminent Expansion

END STATE

ACAS FILING OPTIONS

- Dual Filing - Single Trade Act Filing - Single Trade Act Filing

- Carrier transmits pre-lading - Forwarder transmits pre-lading - Carrier to transmit pre-lading security filing (7 data elements) MAWB/HAWB data to CBP Trade Act data direct to ATS on behalf of carrier

- Carrier files full manifest IAW - Carrier may amend IAW Trade Act - Carrier may amend IAW Trade Act Trade Act (4hrs/wheels up)

- Carrier responsible to adjudicate - Forwarder responsible to adjudicate - Carrier responsible to adjudicate ACAS holds IAW TSA SD/EAs ACAS holds IAW TSA SD/EAs ACAS holds IAW TSA SD/EAs

- Carrier must file MAWB to CBP *Carrier owned end-to-end IAW Trade Act *Carrier owned end-to-end

*Carrier/FF shared

Filing Option #1 Filing Option #2 Filing Option #3

QUESTIONS